Kate stared at the Hogwarts Express nervously.

"Stop worrying, Kate." Her older sister, Guinevere, said, clearly annoyed. "It'll be fine."

"But what if no one likes me? What if I get put in Slytherin? What if-"

"Kate!" Guinevere stopped her little sister. "You will make friends, and it's ok if you're in Slytherin.

"But Pelly said-"

"Forget what Pelly said! He was just trying to scare you. We will not disown you if you are in Slytherin." Their older cousin, Pellinore, had spent the summer with them. He was quite the jokester and had told Kate all about Hogwarts. "Now, I promised Natalie I'd meet her."

"Can I come with you?" The eleven year old asked eagerly.

"No. Go sit somewhere else and make friends." Guinevere said, and disappeared onto the train. Kate just looked at the clock. 10:55 the train would be leaving soon.

"Excuse me?" A voice said. Kate jumped and turned around. A boy of about 13 was standing behind her. He was tall and had dark brown hair and soft brown eyes. "Hi, I'm Arthur Pendragon."

"Kate Edwards." She murmured.

"Well, Kate. Would you like to join me on the train."

"Sure." Kate followed Arthur onto the train He slid a compartment door and sat down. She sat in the seat across from him.

"So, this your first year?" He asked. She nodded. "What house do you want to be in?"

"I don't know. Anything, but Slytherin."

Arthur laughed. "Yeah. Slytherin does have a bad rep. but my best friend's in Slytherin."

"Oh, I'm sor-"

"No need to apologize." He stopped her. "Everyone feels that way. But you know. Merlin, the greatest wizard of all time, was in Slytherin."

"Wow. I didn't know that."

"Yeah, most people don't. Oddly enough my friend's named after him."

"What house are you in?" Kate asked after a few moments of silence.

"Ravenclaw."

"Really? I thought you'd be in Gryffindor."

"Yeah, but it turns out his brain is bigger than his bravery." A new voice answered. They both turned to a boy standing in the doorway.

"There you are! I've been looking all over." The boy looked older than Arthur, maybe 14 or 15. He had long silvery blonde hair and grey eyes.

"Whose this?" He asked, motioning to Kate.

"Merlin Philips this is Kate Edwards."

"Nice to meet you." Merlin said, then he turned back to Arthur. "You coming?"

Arthur looked hesitantly at Kate. "It's alright, go on. Thanks for sitting with me though." She said.

"No problem." Arthur smiled at her, rising to his feet. "I hope I see you around."

"Me too."
With one last smile, Arthur left. Kate moved closer to the window and just stared out of it for a few minutes. Then the compartment door slid open again. She turned to see who it was.

"Hi, I'm Lily Evans." A girl her age said. She had long red hair and emerald green eyes. "This is my friend, Severus Snape." A boy also their age was standing behind Lily. He had greasy black hair and black eyes. "Do you mind if we sit with you?"

"Not at all."

Lily smiled at her and sat across from her. Severus took the seat next to Lily.

"So is this your first year, too?" Kate asked. They both nodded.

"What house do you want to be in?" She asked them.

"Slytherin." Severus answered immediately.

Lily shrugged. "It doesn't matter to me. What about you?"

Kate thought for a moment. "Ravenclaw."

The Great Hall

All the first years were gathered standing in the Great Hall. In front of them was a stool, on which, was the Sorting Hat. Every single one of the first years was nervous. Professor McGonagall unrolled a piece of parchment.

"Abbott, Jason" Was first. A boy with dirty blonde hair sat on the stool. There were a few moments of silence before the hat cried "Huffelpuff!"

The Huffelpuffs' cheered.

"Avery, Mercutio" was declared a Slytherin seconds after the hat had been placed on his head.

"Black, Sirius." Was next. The boy next to her tensed a little as Sirius took a seat on the stool. The hat said nothing for what seemed like a long time. Until finally it declared Sirius Black a member of Gryffindor House. She saw the boy next to her relax.

"Capulet, Lionel." Was also sorted into Gryffindor along with "Davies, Galahad."

"Edwards, Katherine." Professor McGonagall called. Kate's insides started to turn. She approached the stool and took a seat.

"Another Edwards." The hat said. "Let's see."

Ravenclaw Kate thought over and over again.

"Ravenclaw?" The hat questioned. "Want to be different from your sister, is that it?"

Yes. Kate replied. Not wanting the hat to know her true motives for wanting to belong in Ravenclaw.

"Plenty of courage and loyalty here. Brains as well. Hmm…" The hat just thought for a few more moments. Each moment seemed like an hour to Kate. Where would the hat put her?

"I know," The hat said at last. "Gryffindor!" He announced. Gryffindor House cheered. Kate, a bit disappointed, made her way to the Gryffindor table. As she sat down she heard a voice behind her.

"Psst, Kate." She turned. It was Arthur; he gave her a thumbs up. She smiled and turned back to the other Gryffindors.

"Evans, Lily" and "Longbottom, Frank" were also sorted into Gryffindor.

Lily slid into the seat next to the seat next Kate. "It's great that we're both in this house. I hope Sev is, too."

Kate agreed, though she doubted it.

"Lupin, Remus." Was sorted into Gryffindor. The next two people, whose names Kate didn't catch were sorted into Huffelpuff.

"MacDonald, Mary." Was sorted into Gryffindor.

"There seem to be a lot of Gryffindor's this year." Lily commented.

"That happens sometimes," A boy said. "One year one house will get more new students then the other houses. My first year there were a lot of Slytherins and Ravenclaws and something like three Huffelpuffs and two Gryffindors. I'm Lancelot, by the way, but everyone just calls me Lance."

"Nice to meet you, Lance." Lily smiled.

"You look familiar." Lance said to Kate. "Have we met before?"

"You might know my sister, Guinevere. She's in Huffelpuff."

"That's it. Gwen, I remember now, we had Herbology together last year."

"McKinnon, Marlene." Was just sorted into Huffelpuff.

While "Mulciber, Tybalt" became the second Slytherin. And "Pettigrew, Peter." Joined the Gryffindor table. Kate and Lily watched the rest of the sorting in silence.

"Prewitt, Molly" and "Potter, James" became two more Gryffindors.

While "Powell, Sabrina." Became the first Ravenclaw. Next was "Snape, Severus." Lily tensed, praying he'd be sorted into Gryffindor. The hat was silent for a few moments. Until finally it cried, "Slytherin!" Lily drooped.

"Don't worry." Kate told her. "You can still be friends." Lily said nodded, but said nothing. Only a few people remained. Three more went into Slytherin, followed by another Ravenclaw and two more Huffelpuffs.

"Tonks, Theodore" Became the last Ravenclaw. The last two, "Weasley, Arthur" and "Wimsey, Alice", were both sorted in Gryffindor.

I hope you guys liked chapter 1. I thought it'd be fun to write a story where my OC, Kate and the rest Camelot were Hogwarts students. Thus this was born. Originally, only Arthur, Kate, Guinevere, Merlin, Morgan, Mordred and Lancelot were going to be students, but some of you may have noticed two other knights of the Round Table and you will be meeting more of them in the next chapter along with Morgan an Mordred. Also, in case anyone's curious, as you probably noticed I stole three names from Romeo and Juliet. I did this because I'm watching the French musical Romeo et Juliette de la haine a l'amour (Great musical you should check it out!). I decided to set it in the Mauraders Era instead of Harry's because I don't write about the Mauraders the much and I thought it'd be fun. And please forgive any mistakes! I am currently betaless. Alright, enough of my rambling! Please hit the blue button below and review!

~Kate